Display-container.



F. CLOUGH.

v DISPLAY CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.13, |914.

1,160,262. Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK CLOU'GH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO FRED HARVEY, INC., OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

Application filed November 13, 1914. Serial No. 872,056.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, FRANK CLOUGH, a

`citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Containers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to display containers, and more particularly to a boX, or the like, for containing cigars, or other vendible articles, and which is provided with a display panel and means for illuminating the panel to designate the trade-mark of the goods, so that when the goods are displayed in a show-case the attention of possible customers is attracted to the goods by reason of the illuminated mark on the boX. In accomplishing this object I have provided improved details of structure, hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of the container embodying my improvements and adapted for displaying cigars. Fig. II is a longitudinal, vertical section of the same. Fig. III is a cross-sectional view of the same.

Referring more in detail to the parts l designates a cigar boX of the usual shape and size and which is provided with a hori zontal partition 2 of such depth that it may support a layer of cigars in such position as to indicate that the boX is illed therewith.

The portion of the boX l beneath the bottom 2 is open, but provided with a metal lining 3 that confines a packing 4l of asbestos, or other non-heat conducting material, between same and the sides of the boX and the bottom 2, in order to prevent heat, from the lamp that may be located within the boX, from affecting the contents of the box within which the lamp is contained, or others which may be located adjacent thereto.

coliies of this patent may be obtained for The box is provided with a socket 6 for supportmg a lamp 7 and which may be connected by circuit wires 8 with a suitable source of current, so that the box may be supplied with an electric lamp bulb for furnishing the illumination. Y At the front of the boX is a cut-out openmg 10, having a flange 1l forming a shoulder l2 within which a glass plate 13 may b e seated and held by suitable pins, or the like, 14; the plate 13 being the trade-mark of the goods contained within the boX, or other information which it may be desired to show on the front of the container.

It is apparent that with a structure of this description, cigars, or other vendible articles, may be displayed in the show-case so the probable customer may read the name of the articles contained within the boX, and thereby not only serve to attract attention but also to assist the customer in lindng the particular goods which he desires in the show-case.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A container comprising a boX having a raised bottom dividing its chamber into upper and lower compartments and having an illuminating panel in one of its sides beneath the bottom, a non-heat conductive lining for the lower chamber, and means within the lower chamber for illuminating the panel.

2. A container comprising a box having a raised bottom forming an upper display chamber and a lower lamp chamber with one of the sides provided with a cut-out opening to the lamp chamber and havinga shoulder surrounding the cut-out, a display panel seated in the shoulder and covering the cut-out, means for retaining the panel in position, a lamp socket in the lamp chamber, and means for conducting current to said socket.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK CLOUGH.

Witnesses: i

LYNN A. ROBINSON, LETA E. CoA'rs.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

